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Monday:
Presentations begin. Presentation rubric used for scoring presentations.
Tuesday:
Presentations conclude. Begin reading Things Fall Apart. Students will keep a reading journal during the reading of the novel to generate questions/comments. All reading journals will be turned in for a grade at the conclusion of novel.
Resources for this novel. Africa from satellite images. Map of tribes in Nigeria African sculpture from the African Studies Center, U. Penn. Achebe page from postcolonial and postimperial literature site Study guide for Things Fall Apart G.I. Jones Photographic Archive S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture The legacy of the African Slave Trade Aboltion of the Slave Trade 1807 (BBC) Wed./Thurs.
Read Things Fall Apart. Build family trees for characters in the novel.
Fri.
Continue reading Things Fall Apart, followed by class discussion.
Extension assignment (adapted from Nigeria: A Case Study) Things Fall Apart field notes
Keep a small notebook to record your impressions or field notes. Pick out interesting passages from the book and make field notes. Look for passages that connect with the five themes of geography.-- how geography affects the landscape, the characters, and develops the story line.
The five themes of geography are location, place, human environmental interaction, movement, and region.
Use the following format:
Put your name at the top of each page and type notes or use a special small notebook and hand write them.
You may choose one of the following each time to organize your notes:
Give a short summary of what is happening and its relationship to geography.
Give a short summary of sayings from the story and discuss within the context of the book/life what you learn about the life of people in Nigeria.
Give a short summary of values in Nigeria and compare culture in the US (example the importance of fields and production).
Monday:
Presentations begin. Presentation rubric used for scoring presentations.
Tuesday:
Presentations conclude. Begin reading Things Fall Apart. Students will keep a reading journal during the reading of the novel to generate questions/comments. All reading journals will be turned in for a grade at the conclusion of novel.
Resources for this novel. Africa from satellite images.
Map of tribes in Nigeria
African sculpture from the African Studies Center, U. Penn.
Achebe page from postcolonial and postimperial literature site
Study guide for Things Fall Apart
G.I. Jones Photographic Archive S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture
The legacy of the African Slave Trade
Aboltion of the Slave Trade 1807 (BBC)
Wed./Thurs.
Read Things Fall Apart. Build family trees for characters in the novel.
Fri.
Continue reading Things Fall Apart, followed by class discussion.
Extension assignment (adapted from Nigeria: A Case Study)
Things Fall Apart field notes
Keep a small notebook to record your impressions or field notes. Pick out interesting passages from the book and make field notes. Look for passages that connect with the five themes of geography.-- how geography affects the landscape, the characters, and develops the story line.
The five themes of geography are location, place, human environmental interaction, movement, and region.
Use the following format:
Put your name at the top of each page and type notes or use a special small notebook and hand write them.
You may choose one of the following each time to organize your notes: